Editing 1503 (section)

=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 20]] &ndash; [[Seville]] in [[Castile (historical region)|Castile]] is awarded exclusive rights to trade with the [[New World]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cervantes |first1=Fernando |title=Conquistadores: A New History of Spanish Discovery and Conquest |date=14 September 2021 |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-1-101-98126-9 |page=64 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W4w8EAAAQBAJ&dq=%2220+january+1503%22+seville+new+world&pg=PA64 |access-date=18 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[January 24]] &ndash; Construction of the [[Henry VII Chapel]] at [[Westminster Abbey]] begins in the [[perpendicular style]], the final stage of English Gothic art.<ref name=CBH>{{cite book|last=Palmer|first=Alan|last2=Palmer |first2=Veronica|year=1992|title=The Chronology of British History|publisher=Century Ltd|location=London|pages=137–140|isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}</ref>
* [[February 13]] &ndash; [[Challenge of Barletta]]: Thirteen Italian knights defeat thirteen [[Kingdom of France|French]] knights, near [[Barletta]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Historia del combattimento de' tredici Italiani con altrettanti Francesi, fatto in Puglia tra Andria e Quarati |date=1844 |publisher=Gabriele Porcelli |location=Naples |page=5 |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_GoNycOwblO4C/page/n3/mode/2up?q=Tredici |access-date=18 June 2023 |language=it}}</ref>
* [[February 23]] &ndash; [[Italian Wars of 1499–1504#Third Italian War|Third Italian War]]: [[Battle of Ruvo]] &ndash; The [[Spanish Empire|Spanish]] defeat the French in Italy.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Prescott |first1=William Hickling |title=History of the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic |date=1859 |publisher=Phillips, Sampson, & Co. |location=Boston |pages=56–57 |url=https://archive.org/details/historyreignfer05unkngoog/page/56/mode/2up?q=23 |access-date=19 June 2023}}</ref>
* [[March 15]] &ndash; Portuguese explorer [[Vasco da Gama]] and sailors of his [[4th Portuguese India Armada (Gama, 1502)|Portuguese India Armada]] become the first Europeans to sight the [[Seychelles]] islands as [[Thomé Lopes]] notes the discovery of what will later be called [[Silhouette Island]].